NEW-YORK  SOCIETY 


THE  RELIEF 


WIDOWS  AND  ORPHANS 


MEDICAL  MEN. 

INSTITUTED  IN  THE  TEAR  1844. 


Avery  Architectural  and  Fine  Arts  Library 
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OF  THE 

NEW-YORK  SOCIETY 

FOE 

THE  RELIEF 

OF  THE 

WIDOWS  AND  ORPHANS 

OF 

MEDICAL  MEN. 

INSTITUTE©  IN  THE  YEAR  1842. 

NEW-YORK: 
ADEE  &  ESTABROOK,  PRINTERS,  107  FULTON-STREET. 


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LIST  OP  OFFICERS. 

EDWARD  DELAFIELD,  M.D.  President. 

Francis  U.  Johnston,  M.  D.  } 

J.  Revere,  M.  D.  i  Vice  Presidents, 

John  Stearns,  M.  D.  ) 

Isaac  Wood,  M.  D.  Treasurer. 

H.  D.  Bulkley,  M.  D.  Secretary, 

MANAGERS. 

James  C.  Bliss,  M.  D.  Moore  Hoit,  M.  D, 

William  P.  Buel,  M.  D.  Jared  Linsley,  M.  D. 

H.  D.  Bulkley,  M.  D.  James  Macdonald,  M.  t). 

G-.  P.  Cammaim,  M.  D.  J.  B.  McEwen,  M.  D. 

Thomas  Cock,  M.  D.  William  W.  Miner,  M.D. 

Joel  Foster,  M.  D.  Valentine  Mott,  M.  D. 

J.  H.  Griscom,  M.  D.  William  Parker,  M.  D. 

A.  N.  Gunn,  M.  D.  Alfred  C.  Post,  M.  D. 

R.  K.  Hoffman,  M.  D.  J.  Kearny  Rodgers,  M.D, 

A*  T.  Hunter,  M.  D.  Hugh  Sweeny,  M.  D, 
James  A.  Washington,  M.  D, 


CHAPTER  I. 
Qualifications  and  Admission  of  Members. 

Sec.  1.  The  Society  shall  consist  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons,  residing  in  New  York  and  Kings 
counties,  and  holding  regular  licenses  to  practise, 
under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  New  York ;  and  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons  in  the  Army  and  Navy  of 
the  United  States. 

Sec  2.  Every  person  desirous  of  becoming  a 
member  of  the  Society  shall  sign  a  Declaration, 
stating  his  wish,  and  setting  forth  his  place  of  abode, 
and  also  whether  he  is  a  single  or  married  man,  and 
the  number,  names  and  ages  of  his  children. 

To  this  declaration  shall  be  annexed  a  certificate, 
signed  by  at  least  two  members  of  the  Society, 
vouching  for  the  good  character  and  standing  of 
the  applicant. 

The  candidate,  thus  recommended,  shall  be  pro- 
posed at  one  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Managers, 
and  balloted  for  at  the  next ;  and  in  every  notice  to 
attend  such  meetings,  the  names  of  the  persons  to 
be  balloted  for  shall  be  expressed. 

Sec.  3.  Any  person,  qualified  as  above,  may  be 
proposed  as  a  member  by  the  Chairman  of  the  an- 
nual general  meeting  of  the  Society,  and  may  be 


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balloted  for  and  elected  by  the  same  general  meet- 
ing. 

Sec.  4.  Every  member  of  the  Society  shall  pay 
the  sum  of  ten  dollars,  as  his  initiation  fee  ;  and  an 
annual  subscription  of  ten  dollars— Jive  dollars  pay- 
able half  yearly ;  every  annual  subscriber  being 
considered  a  member,  from  the  day  upon  which  his 
initiation  fee  has  been  paid. 

Sec.  5.  The  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars,  paid  at 
one  time,  within  three  months  after  the  date  of  his 
election,  shall  be  considered  as  a  composition  for 
premium  and  annual  payment ;  and  shall  constitute 
the  subscriber  a  member  for  life. 

Sec.  6.  A  member  who  is  an  annual  subscriber 
of  ten  dollers,  shall  not  be  called  upon,  (unless  by 
his  own  desire,)  to  pay  the  said  subscription  for  a 
longer  time  than  twenty  years ;  and  when  the  said 
term  of  twenty  years  is  expired,  he  shall  be  con- 
sidered a  member  for  life. 

Sec.  7.  A  member  who  is  a  subscriber  of  ten 
dollars  annually,  may,  by  making  up  the  sum  of  his 
subscription  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars, 
exclusive  of  his  initiation  fee,  at  any  time  within 
ten  years  from  the  date  of  his  admission,  become  a 
member  for  life;  and,  as  such,  be  exempt  from  fu- 
ture payments, 


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Sec.  8.  Every  annual  subscriber  who  shall  mar- 
ry oftener  than  once,  shall  pay  one  years  contribu- 
tion extraordinary  on  every  such  marriage. 

Sec.  9.  If  any  member  remove  out  of  the  limits 
of  the  Society,  or  relinquish  the  practice  of  medi- 
cine, he  shall  nevertheless  continue  to  be  a  member, 
and  be  entitled  to  all  the  privileges  of  the  Society, 
so  long  as  he  shall  continue  to  pay  his  subscription, 
as  above  named. 

Sec.  10.  No  person  shall  be  admitted  a  member 
of  this  Society  who  publicly  advertises  any  medi- 
cine as  a  secret,  or  publicly  advertises  to  cure  any 
disease. 


CHAPTER  2. 

Benefactors. 

The  payment  of  one  hundred  dollars  or  uptvards, 
by  a  person  not  belonging  to  the  medical  profession 
shall  constitute  such  person  a  Benefactor  of  the  So- 
ciety ;  and  the  payment  of  one  hundred  and  fifty 
dollar by  a  member  of  the  medical  profession,  at 
one  time,  shall  entitle  him  to  the  same  distinction. 
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CHAPTER  3. 

Disqualification  of  Members. 

Sec.  1.  Any  person  having  omitted  to  make  three 
half  yearly  payments  of  his  subscription,  for  two 
calendar  months  after  the  third  half  yearly  payment 
shall  have  become  due,  ceases  ipso  facto  to  be  a 
member  of  the  Society,  and  the  subscription  which 
he  has  paid  shall  be  forfeited  ;  but  the  Board  of 
Managers  may  at  their  discretion,  restore  such  per- 
son to  the  privileges  of  membership,  upon  his  ma- 
king payment  of  all  arrears  of  dues,  with  the  inter- 
est thereon. 

Sec.  2.  If  any  member  shall  publicly  advertise 
any  medicine  as  a  secret,  or  countenance  the  same 
by  publicly  recommending  it ;  or  publicly  adver- 
tise to  cure  any  disease ;  the  Board  of  Managers, 
having  had  due  proof  thereof,  shall  order  the  Se- 
cretary to  deliver,  or  cause  to  be  delivered  to  him 
personally,  or  at  his  usual  place  of  abode,  a  copy  of 
the  Laws  of  the  Society,  and  also  a  written  notice, 
setting  forth  that  unless  he  discontinue  such  prac- 
tice, within  three  months  from  the  service  of  said 
notice,  he  shall  be  subjected  to  removal  from  the 
Society ;  and  if,  after  the  expiration  of  the  time 
allowed,  the  Board  of  Managers  shall  receive  proof 
that  the  notice  has  been  duly  served,  and  that  the 
said  member  has  not  discontinued  his  empirical 


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practice,  he  shall  cease,  ipso  facto,  to  be  a  member, 
and  the  subscriptions  which  he  has  paid  shall  be 
forfeited. 


CHAPTER  4. 

General  Meetings. 

Sec.  1.  A  general  meeting  open  to  all  members, 
shall  be  held  on  the  first  Thursday  in  October  in 
every  year.  And  three  days  at  least,  previously  to 
such  meeting,  a  summons  shall  be  sent  by  the  Se- 
cretary to  each  member  of  the  Society  residing 
within  its  limits ;  and  the  said  general  meeting 
shall  also  be  advertised  in  two  or  more  of  the  pub- 
lic daily  newspapers. 

Sec.  2.  No  business  shall  be  transacted  at  any 
general  meeting,  unless  nine  members  be  present ; 
and  in  case  this  number  be  not  assembled  within 
an  hour  after  the  appointed  time,  the  majority  of 
the  members  present  shall  have  power  to  appoint 
a  meeting  on  some  other  day  within  a  fortnight. 

Sec.  3.  At  every  general  meeting,  previously  to 
all  other  business,  the  minutes  of  the  last  general 
meeting,  together  with  those  of  all  extraordinary 
general  meetings,  and  meetings  of  the  Board  of 
Managers,  assembled  since  the  last  annual  general 
meeting,  shall  be  read  ;  but  no  new  business  shall 
be  introduced,  unless  recommended  by  a  resolution. 


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of  the  Board  of  Managers ;  or  by  a  committee  ap- 
pointed for  the  purpose  at  a  previous  general  meet- 
ing. 

Sec.  4.  At  the  general  meeting  in  October,  the 
following  officers  shall  be  elected ;  viz.  a  President, 
three  Vice  Presidents,  a  Treasurer,  and  seven 
Managers. 

Sec.  5.  The  President,  Vice  Presidents,  and 
Treasurer,  shall  ex  officio  be  members  of  the  Board 
of  Managers. 

CHAPTER  5. 

Board  of  Managers. 

Sec  1.  The  Board  shall  consist  of  the  President, 
Vice  Presidents,  Treasurer,  and  twenty-one  Mana- 
gers. 

Sec.  2.  The  Managers  shall  be  divided  into  three 
classes  of  seven  each ;  each  class  in  rotation  shall 
go  out  of  office  at  the  general  meeting  in  October, 
and  their  places  shall  be  supplied  at  the  election 
which  then  takes  place ;  but  such  Managers  shall 
be  re-eligible  at  the  pleasure  of  the  Society. 

Sec  3.  Any  vacancies  which  may  occur  by  death 
or  resignation  in  the  Board  of  Managers,  between 
two  annual  elections,  may  be  filled  by  the  Board  at 
an  election  to  be  held  for  the  purpose  at  a  regular 
quarterly  meeting. 


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Sec.  4.  A  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Managers  shall 
be  held  four  times  in  every  year ;  viz.  on  the  third 
Wednesday  of  March,  June,  September,  and  De- 
cember. 

Sec.  5.  At  every  quarterly  meeting  of  the  Board 
of  Managers,  the  minutes  of  the  last  annual  general 
meeting,  and  of  all  extraordinary  general  meetings 
held  since  the  last  quarterly  meeting ;  of  the  last 
quarterly  meeting  of  Managers,  and  of  all  extraor- 
dinary meetings  of  Managers  held  since  such  meet- 
ing; and  of  the  Standing  Committee  shall  be  read 
and  respectively  confirmed  or  amended. 

Sec.  6.  Candidates  for  admission  shall  be  ballot- 
ed for ;  and  no  candidate  shall  be  deemed  a  mem- 
ber unless  he  have  three-fourths  of  the  suffrages 
contained  in  the  ballot  box. 

Sec.  7.  The  applications  of  new  candidates,  and 
the  recommendations  in  their  behalf,  shall  be  read. 

Sec.  8.  Occasional  applications  for  relief  may  be 
received  and  considered,  and  assistance  may  be 
granted. 

Sec  9.  At  the  quarterly  meeting  in  December, 
the  annual  declarations  of  the  widows  whose  claims 
on  the  Society  have  already  been  examined  and 
approved,  shall  be  read  and  considered ;  and  such 
sums  shall  be  voted  to  them  respectively  as  the 
Managers  may  think  proper. 


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Sec.  10.  At  the  quarterly  meeting  in  June,  a 
Committee  of  five  members,  (two  of  whom  may  be 
of  the  Board  of  Managers,)  shall  be  chosen  to  audit 
the  accounts  of  the  Society ;  and  at  the  same  meet- 
ing the  time  and  place  of  holding  the  Anniversary 
Dinner,  and  the  price  of  Tickets  shall  be  fixed  ; 
and  the  Stewards  shall  be  elected. 

Sec.  11.  At  the  quarterly  meeting  in  September, 
the  Auditors'  Report  of  the  state  of  the  funds  shall 
be  received  and  read. 

Sec  12.  No  business  shall  be  transacted  at  any 
meeting  of  the  Board  of  Managers,  unless  five  mem- 
bers of  the  Board  be  present. 

Sec.  13.  At  all  meetings,  if  the  President  be  ab- 
sent, the  chair  shall  be  taken  by  the  first  Vice  Pre- 
sident ;  if  he  be  absent,  by  the  second  Vice  Presi- 
dent, or,  he  also  being  absent,  by  the  third  Vice 
President.  If  neither  of  these  officers  be  present, 
a  chairman  shall  be  appointed  fro  tempore,  from 
the  members  present. 

Sec  14.  All  motions  shall  be  delivered  to  the 
Chairman  in  writing,  if  the  Chairman  or  any  mem- 
ber desire,  and  shall  be  read  by  him  before  any  de- 
bate or  decision  take  place  thereon. 

Sec  15.  No  member  shall  speak  more  than  twice 
on  any  motion,  unless  he  obtain  special  permission 
from  the  Chairman  for  that  purpose. 


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Sec.  16.  All  elections  shall  be  by  ballot,  and  be 
decided  by  a  majority ;  the  Chairman  having,  in 
all  motions  and  elections,  a  casting  vote. 

Sec.  17.  The  Chairman  shall  appoint  all  Com- 
mittees, unless  otherwise  ordered  by  special  reso- 
lution. 

Sec  18.  No  resolution  tending  to  alter  or  repeal 
any  law  shall  be  valid,  until  approved  by  one  quar- 
terly meeting  of  the  Board  of  Managers,  and  con- 
firmed at  the  next,  by  a  majority  of  at  least  three- 
fourths  of  the  members  present,  and  voting  at  each 
of  the  said  meetings. 

Sec.  19.  The  Board  of  Managers  shall  have  pow- 
er to  call  extraordinary  general  meetings  of  the 
members  of  the  Society,  notices  being  served  in 
the  same  manner  as  for  regular  annual  meetings. 

Sec  20.  The  Board  of  Managers  shall  have  pow- 
er to  hold  meetings  by  adjournment,  and  also  ap- 
point extraordinary  meetings.  And  any  five  man-' 
agers  shall  also  have  power  to  require  extraordina- 
ry meetings,  their  requisition  being  signified  in 
writing  to  the  Secretary,  who  shall  call  a  meeting 
in  conformity  therewith  upon  some  day  to  be  fixed 
by  the  President  within  fourteen  days  after  the  date 
of  such  requisition. 

Sec  21.  A  general  list  of  the  members  of  the 
Society  shall  be  published  at  least  once  in  four 


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years.  A  supplementary  list  shall  be  printed  an- 
nually together  with  a  printed  statement  of  the  So- 
ciety's affairs. 


CHAPTER  6. 
Secretary. 

Sec.  1.  The  Secretary  shall  be  elected  by  the 
Board  of  Managers  from  their  own  number.  He 
shall  attend  at  all  meetings  and  committees,  and 
shall  enter  into  proper  books  the  minutes  of  the 
transactions  of  each  meeting. 

Sec.  2.  The  Secretary  shall  receive  all  applica- 
tions made  to  the  Society  for  relief,  and  shall  give 
notice  of  the  same  to  the  Standing  Committee  and 
to  the  next  quarterly  meeting  of  the  Board  of 
Managers  ;  and  as  soon  as  any  sum  or  sums  of  mo- 
ney shall  be  ordered  to  be  paid  to  applicants,  or  to 
those  persons  who  are  properly  authorised  to  re- 
ceive the  same,  he  shall  inform  them  by  letter  of 
the  exact  time  and  place  when  and  where  the  Trea- 
surer will  be  ready  to  make  such  payments. 


CHAPTER  7. 
Treasurer. 

Sec.  1.  Before  the  Treasurer  enters  upon  the  du- 
ties of  his  office,  he  shall  give  a  bond  to  the  Society, 


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with  two  sufficient  sureties,  in  a  sum  of  not  less 
than  two  thousand  dollars,  for  the  faithful  perform- 
ance of  the  trust  reposed  in  him. 

Sec.  2.  He  shall  collect  the  interest  of  all  monies 
of  the  Society  loaned  on  bond  and  mortgage,  and 
the  dividends  on  all  stocks  held  by  the  Society. 

Sec.  3.  He  shall  pay  all  specific  orders  drawn  on 
him  by  a  resolution  of  the  Society  and  signed  by 
the  presiding  officer,  and  all  drafts  of  the  Standing 
Committee  made  in  conformity  with  the  provisions 
of  the  By-Laws. 


CHAPTER  8. 
Collector. 

Sec.  1.  The  Collector  shall  be  elected  by  the 
Board  of  Managers  ;  and  on  first  entering  into  of- 
fice shall  give  such  security  for  the  faithful  per- 
formance of  his  duties  "as  the  Board  may  deem  suf- 
ficient, i 

Sec.  2.  He  shall  be  allowed  a  commission  of  five 
per  cent,  on  all  sums  he  shall  collect  for  the  Society. 

Sec  3.  He  shall  call  upon  each  annual  subscri- 
ber for  his  half  yearly  payment,  within  one  month 
after  it  has  become  due. 


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CHAPTER  9. 
Standing  Committee. 
Sec  1.  The  President  and  two  Managers,  to  be 
chosen  by  the  Board  annually  at  their  quarterly 
meeting  in  December,  shall  constitute  the  Stand- 
ing Committee. 

Sec.  2.  All  applications  for  relief,  shall  be  refer- 
red to  the  Standing  Committee. 

Sec  3.  They  shall  enquire  into  the  circumstan- 
ces of  all  widows  or  orphans  of  any  deceased  mem- 
ber, who  may  apply  for  assistance,  and  through  the 
Secretary,  report  their  cases  to  the  Board  of  Mana- 

^Sec.  4.  They  shall  give  drafts  upon  the  Trea- 
surer to  all  persons  who  shall  be  authorized  by  the 
Board  of  Managers  to  receive  assistance  from  the 
Society,  and  no  payment  shall  be  made  for  such 
purpose  without  such  draft. 

Sec.  5.  In  cases  where  applications  are  made  to 
the  Standing  Committee,  during  the  recess  of  the 
Society  and  if  on  examination  it  shall  appear  that  the 
applicant  or  applicants  are  entitled  to  relief  by  the 
By-Laws,  and  that  the  circumstances  of  the  case 
are  such  as  to  require  immediate  assistance,  it  shall 
and  may  be  lawful  for  them  to  make  a  donation  not 
to  exceed  twenty-five  dollars,  to  meet  such  emer- 


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gency ;  provided  always,  that  they  shall  report  in 
writing  at  the  next  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Mana- 
gers, the  amount  thus  advanced,  and  the  name  and 
situation  of  the  persons  thus  relieved. 

Sec.  6.  The  Standing  Committee,  with  the  ad- 
vice of  the  Treasurer,  shall  invest  all  the  funds  of 
the  Society,  and  no  change  of  investments  shall  be 
made  except  by  their  order. 


CHAPTER  10. 

Disposition  of  Funds. 

Sec.  1.  The  funds  of  the  Society  shall  be  invest- 
ed in  bonds  and  mortgages  on  real  estate  in  the 
cities  of  New-York  and  Brooklyn,  the  borrowers 
also  residing  in  one  of  the  said  cities;  and  in 
stocks  of  the  United  States  or  of  the  City  and  State 
of  New- York,  and  in  no  other  mode. 

Sec  2.  All  payments  constituting  members  for 
life,  all  initiation  fees,  and  all  benefactions  and 
legacies  shall  at  all  times  be  added  to  the  capital 
stock  of  the  Society,  unless  a  contrary  disposition 
of  them  be  directed  by  the  Benefactors  or  Testa- 
tors. 


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CHAPTER  11. 
Proper  Subjects  op  Relief. 

Sec  1.  The  widow  of  any  member  of  this  So- 
ciety having  no  child,  and  who  has  no  estate,  sal- 
ary, or  other  provision,  exceeding  altogether  the 
yearly  value  of  two  hundred  dollars,  is  eligible  to 
receive  such  assistance  from  this  Society  anuually, 
as  the  state  of  its  funds  will  permit,  Provided,  that 
if  such  widow  shall  marry  again,  her  annuity  shall 
cease,  unless  the  Board  of  Managers  think  proper 
to  continue  it. 

Sec.  2.  The  widow  of  any  member  of  this  So- 
ciety who  is  left  with  a  child  or  children  under 
fourteen  years  of  age,  entirely  or  in  part  depend- 
ent on  such  widow  for  support,  and  who  has  no 
estate,  salary  or  other  provision,  exceeding  the 
yearly  value  altogether  of  fifty  dollars  for  each 
child  respectively,  in  addition  to  the  two  hundred 
mentioned  in  the  preceding  section,  is  eligible  to 
receive  such  additional  assistance  from  this  Society 
annually,  as  the  state  of  its  funds  will  permit. 

Sec  3.  The  orphan  of  any  member  of  this  So- 
ciety who  has  no  estate,  salary  or  other  provision, 
exceeding  the  yearly  value  altogether  of  one  hun- 
dred dollars,  is  eligible  to  receive  such  assistance 
annually \  as  the  funds  of  the  Society  will  permit. 


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Sec,  4.  If  any  member  at  his  death,  leave  nei- 
ther widow  nor  child,  but  a  widowed  mother,  liv- 
ing with  him  at  the  time  of  his  decease,  and  de- 
pendent on  him  for  support,  or  a  sister  above  the 
age  of  fifty  years,  who  had  lived  with  him  for  at 
least  three  years,  and  was  living  with  him  at  the 
time  of  his  death,  and  dependent  on  him  for  sup- 
port ;  such  widowed  mother  or  such  sister  shall  be 
deemed  eligible  to  receive  assistance  from  the 
funds  of  the  Society,  at  the  discretion  of  the  Board 
of  Managers. 

Sec.  5.  No  widow  or  child,  mother  or  sister  of 
any  medical  practitioner  shall  receive  any  assist- 
ance from  the  funds  of  this  society,  unless  the  per- 
son from  whom  they  claim,  was  a  member  at  the 
time  of  his  death ;  and  had  been  a  member  two 
years  at  least  previously  to  his  decease. 

Sec.  6.  Although  the  general  intention  of  the 
Society  is  to  relieve  the  widows  and  children  of 
medical  men ;  yet,  if  it  should  unfortunately  hap- 
pen, that  any  member  be  incapacitated  from  at- 
tending to  his  business,  the  said  member  and  his 
family  being  involved  in  distress,  it  shall  be  lawful 
for  the  Board  of  Managers  to  allow  him  such 
temporary  relief  as  they  shall  deem  necessary. 


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CHAPTER  12. 
Applications  for  Relief. 
Sec.  1.  All  applications  for  relief  from  the  So- 
ciety must  be  made  by  letter  to  the  Secretary ; 
stating  the  name  and  age  of  the  parties  applying ; 
the  name  and  relationship  of  the  member  through 
whom  they  become  qualified  to  receive  relief,  and 
the  circumstances  which  make  assistance  neces- 
sary. The  applications  having  been  examined  by 
the  Standing  Committee,  must  be  reported  to  the 
Board  of  Managers  at  their  next  quarterly  meet- 
ing, and  such  relief  granted  as  they  may  deem 
proper. 

Sec.  2.  All  persons  whose  claims  on  the  Society 
shall  have  been  allowed,  and  who  are  desirous  of 
receiving  regular  assistance  from  its  funds,  must 
send  to  the  Secretary  early  in  the  month  of  No- 
vember of  each  year,  the  Declaration  set  forth  in 
the  Appendix,  properly  filled  up ;  and  if  the  Board 
of  Managers  shall  require  it,  verified  by  affidavit ; 
which  declaration  must  be  signed  by  two  Members 
of  the  Society,  if  the  applicant  reside  within  its 
limits ;  and  if  beyond  these,  the  applicant,  if  a 
widow,  or  if  an  orphan,  or  orphans,  their  guardian 
or  nearest  friend,  must  make  affidavit  of  the  truth 
of  the  statement  therein  contained,  before  an  of- 
ficer legally  qualified  to  administer  oaths  in  the 
county  or  district  in  which  he  or  she  resides ;  or 


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shall  procure  the  signature  of  a  respectable  clergy- 
man in  the  town  in  which  he  or  she  may  reside,  as 
to  his  belief  in  the  truth  of  such  declaration. 

Sec.  3.  All  sums  of  money  granted  by  the  Board 
of  Managers,  shall  be  paid  within  twenty  days 
after  such  sums  are  voted,  by  the  Treasurer,  to  the 
parties  who  are  properly  authorised  to  receive  the 
same;  and  the  Secretary  shall  by  letter  inform 
them  of  the  time  and  place,  when  and  where,  the 
Treasurer  will  be  ready  to  make  such  payments. 

Sec.  4.  All  annuities  shall  be  paid  in  two  equal 
semi-annual  payments. 


CHAPTER  13. 
Anniversary  Dinner. 
Sec.  ] .  A  dinner  by  the  Members  of  the  Society 
shall  be  held  in  the  month  of  October  or  Novem- 
ber, in  every  year. 

Sec.  2.  The  expenses  of  the  Anniversary  Din- 
ner shall  be  paid  by  the  proceeds  of  the  tickets 
issued  for  the  same. 

Sec.  3.  A  general  statement  of  the  affairs  of  the 
Society  shall  be  made  upon  this  occasion,  and  espe- 
cially the  amount  expended  by  the  Society  for  or- 


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dinary  expenditures,  other  than  the  sums  granted 
to  relieve  applicants  under  its  By-Laws;  and  a 
collection  shall  be  made  from  the  Members  present 
for  the  purpose  of  defraying  these  expenditures. 
Any  surplus  which  may  be  collected  over  and  a- 
bove  what  is  required  for  such  purpose,  shall  be 
paid  into  the  general  fund  of  the  Society. 


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APPENDIX. 


The  Declarations  of  Persons  desirous  of  receiving 
regular  Assistance  from  the  Fund. 

To  the  Managers  nf  the  New-  York  Society  for  the 
Relief  of  Widows  and  Orphans, 

Mrs  Years  of  Age, 

resident  at 


hereby  maketh  declaration,  that  she 
still  continues  the  Widow  of 


late  Member  of  this  Society,  having 
never  since  been  married  to  any  other 
person,  that  she  has  Chil- 
dren under  fourteen  years  of  age  now 
living  and  unprovided  for,  namely, 

Here  state  the  aged 

Names  and 

Ages    of  the 

Children  and 

their  present 

situation. 


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That  she  has  no  Estate,  Salary,  or 
other  Provision  whatever,  from  any 
source  except 

which,  taken  together,  do  not  produce 

more  than  per  annum,  and 

therefore  she  is  still  under  the  necessity 

of  presenting  her  claims  to  the  Society. 

Date  and  Resi-  Signed 
dence.  ° 

N.  B.  If  the  Applicant  reside  either  in  Nev\- 
York  or  Kings  Counties,  this  Declaration  must  be 
certified  by  the  signatures  of  two  Members  of  the 
Society;  and  if  beyond  these  limits,  Affidavit  of 
the  truth  of  such  Declaration  must  be  made  before 
an  Officer  legally  qualified  to  administer  oaths  in 
the  County  or  District  in  which  the  Applicant  re- 
sides ;  or  the  signature  of  a  respectable  Clergyman 
in  the  town  in  which  she  may  reside,  as  to  his  be- 
lief in  the  truth  of  such  declaration. 

The  Board  of  Managers  have  the  power  of 
requiring  this  Declaration  to  be  verified  by  the 
Affidavit  of  the  Claimant. 


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CERTIFICATE. 

We,  whose  names  are  hereunto 
subscribed,  certify,  that  we  believe 
the  above  Declaration  to  be  strictly 
true.  Dated 

Signed 


WIDOWS  and  the  Guardians  of  ORPHANS 
are  requested  particularly  to  take  Notice,  that  it  is 
necessary  that  a  Renewal  of  their  Declaration 
and  Certificate,  regularly  signed  as  above  di- 
rected, be  sent  to  the  SECRETARY,  on  or 
before  the  Second  WEDNESDAY  in  the  Month 
of  November,  in  every  year  ;  in  default  of  which, 
no  Widow  or  Orphan  can  receive  assistance  from 
the  Board  of  Directors,  who  meet  in  December. 

N.  B.  With  the  FIRST  Application  for  Relief 
there  must  be  sent  a  Copy  of  the  Certificate  of 
Marriage  of  the  Widow  with  the  deceased  Mem- 
ber ;  evidence  of  the  Ages  of  the  Children  under 
fourteen  years  ;  and  also  the  certificate  of  theburia^ 
of  the  deceased  person. 


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LIST  OF  MEMBERS. 


Valentine  Mott. 
David  L.  Rogers. 
Edward  Delafield. 
J.  Kearny  Rodgers. 
James  Cameron. 
Alban  Goldsmith. 
James  Campbell. 
A.  N.  Gunn. 
Joseph  Worster. 
William  Power. 
John  Stearns. 
Walter  C.  Palmer. 
David  Smith. 
J.  A.  Washington. 
Isaac  E.  Taylor. 
James  O.  Smith. 
R.  S.  N.  Anderson. 
R.  Cooper  Anderson. 
Hugh  Sweeny. 
Lewis  Hallock. 
William  P.  Buel. 
Samuel  P.  White. 
Moore  Hoit. 
J.  Revere. 
James  R.  Greacen. 
James  Knight. 
Joel  Foster. 
J.  Augustine  Smith. 
H.  D.  Bulkley. 


John  Conger. 
John  S.  Bowron. 
Alfred  C.  Post. 
J.  H.  Borrowe. 
J.  C.  Beales. 
Luke  Barker. 
G.  P.  Cammann. 
John  Graham. 
William  W.  Miner. 
F.  E.  Berger. 
James  C.  Bliss. 
R.  K.  Hoffman. 
J.  R.  Chapin. 
Robert  Sibree. 
James  Hallam. 
J.  A.  McVickar. 
F.  Vanderberg. 
S.  T.  Hubbard. 
George  L.  Adams. 
R.  T.  Horsefield. 
E.  F.  Maynard. 
Galen  Hunter. 
Samuel  Sargent. 
John  Trenor. 
Richard  S.  Kissam. 
Aaron  Jarvis. 
John  L.  Vandervoort. 
J.  B.  McEwen. 
Ezra  Wood. 


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Oliver  White. 
R.  P.  Tanner. 
William  Parker. 
J.  W.  Andariese. 
C.  R.  Gilman. 
M.  D.  Van  Pelt. 
J.W.  Schmidt,  Jr. 
William  H.  Maxwell. 
James  R.  Wood. 
John  R.  Van  Kleek, 
Isaac  Wood. 
A.  T.  Hunter. 
Middleton  Goldsmith. 
Abraham  Dubois. 
A.  B.  Robeson. 
James  Macdonald. 
F.  U.  Johnston. 
Jared  Linsly. 
William  H.  Macneven. 
L.  Detmold* 


J.  W.  DuvalL 
G.  Newcomb. 
John  H.  Griscom* 
Hugh  McLean. 
B.  B.  Coit. 
F.  A.  Putman. 
M.  W.  Williams, 
John  T.  Tuttle. 
William  Miner. 
Elias  S.  Nichols. 
William  J.  Olliffi 
Alfred  S.  Purdy. 
P.  Van  Arsdale. 
J.  J.  Lasher. 
George  Leo  Wolf* 
E.  R.  Belcher. 
B.  Sherwood. 
Charles  R.  King* 
S.  R.  Harris- 
Alexander  H.  Stevetosu 


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INDEX. 


Chap.  page 

I.  Qualifications  and  Admission  of  Members  3 

II.  Benefactors   5 

III.  Disqualification  of  Members  -       -  -  6 

IV.  General  Meetings  7 
V.  Board  of  Managers      -       ...  8 

VI.  Secretary   12 

VII.  Treasurer     -       -       -       -       -  -  ib. 

VIII.  Collector   13 

IX.  Standing  Committee      -               -  -  14 

X.  Disposition  of  Funds        -       -        -  15 

XI.  Proper  Subjects  of  Relief      -       -  -  16 

XII.  Applications  for  Relief     -       -       -  18 

XIII.  Anniversary  Dinner      -       -       -  -  19 

Appendix   21 

List  of  Members       -       -       -  -  26 


